Local News in Brief

Wednesday, 18 July 2012 11:53

Written by Editor

ALHAURIN de la TORRE

‘Old-fashioned’ jail break attempt

Alhaurin de la Torre prison authorities reported on Monday that an “old-fashioned” jail break attempt, using sheets and towels knotted together, had been foiled. Acting on intuition and a strange atmosphere in Module 9, some guards decided on Saturday to inspect the cell of a 37-year-old man from Malaga, who was being held in preventive detention. They found the “rope” under his bed, as well as a letter telling his family why he planned to escape. He was immediately transferred to a security cell. The authorities said they doubted the “rope” would have got him across an outer five-metre high wall topped with wire.

Vehicles burnt on AVE site

Firemen were called to a construction site on the high-speed AVE Antequera- Bobadillas line to deal with a fire involving 19 vehicles in the early hours of Monday morning.

The emergency number 112 received the call at 5.20 am when the blaze was already raging after the petrol tank of one of the vehicles exploded, spreading the fire to nearby lorries, a water tanker, a van and a digger. The blaze was quickly brought under control. The Guardia Civil are investigating the possibility of sabotage.

CHURRIANA

Woman shot at fair ground

A 30-year-old woman was found seriously wounded after residents near the fair ground esplanade in Churriana reported hearing gun shots and a woman screaming at 4.30 on Tuesday morning. Police and an ambulance rushed to the scene and the woman was taken to Hospital Clinico in Malaga where she was operated on. At press time, the police had no further information to report but said that an investigation was under way.